ABOUT THIS EPISODE
In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI.
News stories covered in this episode:
• Apple Briefly Unseats Nvidia As World’s Largest Company https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/07/17/apple-unseats-nvidia-as-worlds-largest-company/
• China's Moonshot unveils world's largest open AI model, closing in on US rivals - https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-moonshot-unveils-worlds-largest-open-ai-model-closing-us-rivals-2026-07-17/
• Chinese open-weight models are cheap. Washington is deciding what that costs - https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/chinese-open-weight-models-policy-risk/
• Rewiring the public sector: Seizing the AI moment - https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-sector/our-insights/rewiring-public-sector
• Anthropic found a hidden space where Claude puzzles over concepts - https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/09/1140293/anthropic-found-a-hidden-space-where-claude-puzzles-over-concepts/
• You’ve Probably Watched One of the 300 Titles on Netflix Produced With AI - https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/netflix-300-programs-this-year-ai-production-q2-earnings/
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